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ἐλάσσων

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐλάσσων ἐλάσσων ἔλασσον

Structure: ἐλασσων (Stem)

Sense

  1. comparative degree of μικρός ‎(mikrós)

Declension

Third declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ἐλάσσων έ̓λασσον
Genitive ἐλάσσονος ἐλάσσονος
Dative ἐλάσσονι ἐλάσσονι
Accusative ἐλάσσονα έ̓λασσον
Vocative ἐλάσσον έ̓λασσον
DualN/A/V ἐλάσσονε ἐλάσσονε
G/D ἐλασσόνοιν ἐλασσόνοιν
PluralNominative ἐλάσσονες ἐλάσσονα
Genitive ἐλασσόνων ἐλασσόνων
Dative ἐλάσσοσιν* ἐλάσσοσιν*
Accusative ἐλάσσονας ἐλάσσονα
Vocative ἐλάσσονες ἐλάσσονα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἐλάσσων ἐλάσσονος ἐλασσονέστερος ἐλασσονεστέρου ἐλασσονέστατος ἐλασσονεστάτου
Adverb ἐλασσόνως ἐλασσονέστερον ἐλασσονέστατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • Ἐπὴν δὲ ταύτασ ὑπερβάλῃ, λύειν χρὴ, καὶ ἐπὶ ἧσσον πιέζειν τοῖσιν ὀθονίοισι, καὶ ἐπὶ ἐλάσσοσιν ἐπιδεῖν. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., , 8.8)
  • καὶ τῶν ῥαβδούχων ὁ ἡγούμενοσ Ἀντωνίῳ, κατὰ τὴν πρῷραν, ὥσπερ ἔθοσ ἐστίν, ἑστώσ, εἴτ’ ἐκλαθόμενοσ, ὅτι ἀμφίβολοσ ἀνὴρ καὶ στρατοῦ κἀκεῖνοσ ἡγούμενοσ ἰδίου προσπλέοι, εἴτε ἀπὸ εὐγενεστέρου φρονήματοσ, ὡσ ὑπηκόοισ ἢ ἐλάσσοσιν ἀνδράσιν ὑπαντῶσι, προσέταξε καθελεῖν τὸ σημεῖον. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 5, chapter 6 6:6)
  • πρὸσ δὲ τοῖσ ἐλάσσοσιν ἀναθήμασι τοῦ Μικύθου, ποιηθεῖσι δὲ ὑπὸ Διονυσίου, πρὸσ τούτοισ Ἡρακλέουσ ἐστὶ τῶν ἔργων τὸ ἐσ τὸν λέοντα τὸν ἐν Νεμέᾳ καὶ ὕδραν τε καὶ ἐσ τὸν κύνα τοῦ Αἵδου καὶ τὸν ἐπὶ Ἐρυμάνθῳ ποταμῷ κάπρον· (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 26 12:1)

Synonyms

  1. comparative degree of μικρός ‎

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